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Iplayfarmer
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The "tabby do-dads" were taking too long to fabricate (the guy got busy doing other things); so I just got some chain sections and ran the threaded part of the draw pin through a link on each side (I had to hammer on the chain a bit to round out the link before I slipped it over the draw pin). I crossed the stabilizer links, hooked them through the loose chain links, and tightened them down. No more sway!
The rest of this story, though, is that I ran around the yard with the box blade in the light on Friday. (It was very dark the other night when I was moving it around.) In the light I could see that the front wheels of the tractor were actually coming up off the ground when I'd hit the slightest bump. I've got a loader on the tractor, so there is already some significant weight on the front end. I just had to admit that a home-made 6 ft. box blade is way too big for my little 18 hp tractor.
I drove straight to the front of my place and parked the blade out by the road. I put a for sale sign on it and doubled my money on the blade within 12 hours of the time I parked it.
Now I'm looking for a lighter 4 ft. box blade for dirt cheap.
The rest of this story, though, is that I ran around the yard with the box blade in the light on Friday. (It was very dark the other night when I was moving it around.) In the light I could see that the front wheels of the tractor were actually coming up off the ground when I'd hit the slightest bump. I've got a loader on the tractor, so there is already some significant weight on the front end. I just had to admit that a home-made 6 ft. box blade is way too big for my little 18 hp tractor.
I drove straight to the front of my place and parked the blade out by the road. I put a for sale sign on it and doubled my money on the blade within 12 hours of the time I parked it.
Now I'm looking for a lighter 4 ft. box blade for dirt cheap.
